UN expert condemns criminalisation of NGO rescuers

Activists welcome support but call for action against EU’s border regime A UN human rights expert condemned yesterday Europe’s criminalisation of NGO refugee rescuers, calling for cases against them to be dropped. UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders Mary Lawlor defended the actions of 11 refugee rescuers with criminal cases hanging over them for

Italy’s highest court confirms NGO captain should not have been arrested for saving refugee lives

ITALY’S highest court confirmed today that a former captain of an NGO refugee-rescue ship should never have been arrested. In June last year, Carola Rackete was captain of the civil rescue ship Sea Watch 3, which is operated by the German charity Sea Watch. The ship’s crew saved the lives of 40 people from the